Data for 2008

Cereal Yield, 2008

Name: Cereal Yield, 2008
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Cereal Yield, 2008 covers 178 countries. United Arab Emirates is highest, at 22,265.9; Cyprus is lowest, at 176.3. The middle country reads 2,664.0. Against 2007, 177 values changed (107 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Cereal Yield · Data for 2008

HighestUnited Arab Emirates

22,265.9

LowestCyprus

176.3

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

178countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
177distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Cereal Yield, 2008, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Cereal Yield, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	22,265.9
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12,727.3
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9,235.8
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8,885.8
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8,332.3
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7,644.9
7	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	7,541.0
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	7,452.2
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7,420.2
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7,379.8
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	7,252.8
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7,118.8
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6,807.3
14	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6,639.1
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	6,630.0
16	United States`USA`Northern America	6,598.3
17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,413.1
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6,262.4
19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6,106.4
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6,017.4
21	Chile`CHL`South America	5,844.4
22	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5,800.2
23	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5,549.7
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	5,474.7
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	5,362.8
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5,353.0
27	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5,221.3
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5,175.3
29	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4,921.9
30	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4,897.6
31	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4,820.5
32	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	4,774.8
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4,761.9
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4,714.3
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4,703.0
36	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4,570.6
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4,515.8
38	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	4,488.1
39	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4,468.8
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	4,427.1
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	4,324.6
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	4,285.3
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	4,188.7
44	Guyana`GUY`South America	4,161.5
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4,154.3
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4,094.3
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4,081.2
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4,063.2
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4,015.5
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	3,967.6
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	3,938.3
52	Peru`PER`South America	3,833.2
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,831.3
54	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,824.8
55	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	3,820.9
56	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	3,814.3
57	Colombia`COL`South America	3,664.2
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,616.7
59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3,589.7
60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3,583.6
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,573.5
62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3,554.9
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	3,549.7
64	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3,542.3
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3,536.9
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3,486.9
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,452.3
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	3,428.4
69	Canada`CAN`Northern America	3,391.7
70	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3,348.2
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	3,334.3
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3,247.3
73	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3,239.7
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3,221.6
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3,217.2
76	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3,104.4
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3,063.5
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2,980.3
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	2,905.3
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2,811.3
81	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2,804.8
82	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2,792.8
=83	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2,741.5
=83	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2,741.5
85	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2,740.9
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	2,694.3
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,687.7
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2,681.3
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2,674.2
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,653.7
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,644.0
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,601.3
93	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	2,545.5
94	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,504.8
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2,438.8
96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	2,427.2
97	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2,417.0
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2,405.0
99	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2,387.3
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2,380.2
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	2,266.1
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2,188.0
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2,153.8
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2,141.0
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	2,090.4
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2,078.8
107	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2,016.4
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2,010.6
109	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1,975.2
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,827.7
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1,811.0
112	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,780.6
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,735.0
114	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1,724.5
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,720.9
116	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1,688.2
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	1,680.5
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,678.5
119	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	1,619.0
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1,611.4
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1,598.7
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,598.4
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1,598.1
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1,596.4
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1,553.4
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1,490.3
127	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1,467.3
128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1,464.7
129	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,455.4
130	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1,442.7
131	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,437.7
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,425.6
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1,417.5
134	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,403.5
135	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,397.7
136	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1,382.8
137	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1,366.1
138	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1,350.9
139	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,333.9
140	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1,294.2
141	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,281.8
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,266.5
143	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,240.8
144	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1,174.2
145	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1,158.7
146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1,144.4
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,100.0
148	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1,039.9
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,034.0
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1,011.3
151	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1,005.6
152	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1,002.9
153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1,001.4
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	983.5
155	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	961.1
156	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	946.8
157	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	939.1
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	896.7
159	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	821.4
160	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	775.2
161	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	771.6
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	771.4
163	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	765.8
164	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	698.4
165	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	652.7
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	621.7
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	567.1
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	557.5
169	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	555.0
170	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	546.7
171	Niger`NER`Western Africa	496.5
172	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	495.5
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	374.5
174	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	360.8
175	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	309.7
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	252.2
177	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	233.8
178	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	176.3

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1United Arab Emirates22,265.9
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12,727.3
3Kuwait9,235.8
4Belgium8,885.8
5Netherlands8,332.3

Lowest

178Cyprus176.3
177Cabo Verde233.8
176Eritrea252.2
175Zimbabwe309.7
174Botswana360.8

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2,664.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
177values changed, of 178 in both
107 · 70rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Hungary3,492.0 → 5,800.2+2,308.2
Croatia4,558.1 → 6,639.1+2,081.0
Slovakia3,561.2 → 5,175.3+1,614.1
Romania1,645.2 → 3,247.3+1,602.1
Bulgaria2,523.7 → 4,094.3+1,570.6

Fell most

Mauritius9,453.7 → 7,541.0−1,912.7
Cyprus1,596.1 → 176.3−1,419.8
Kuwait10,498.9 → 9,235.8−1,263.1
Malawi2,467.0 → 1,598.7−868.3
Iran2,454.3 → 1,720.9−733.4

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2008.
177 distinct values among 178
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 2 countries share 2,741.5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 178 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2008). Cereal Yield, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cereal-yield/2008

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